The number of uncrewed aircraft in our skies is growing quickly. Accommodating them, while avoiding disruption to existing aviation, will require a new way of managing airspace. The CAA recognises the potential and the positive changes that would follow from opening the skies to new users - improvements in medical deliveries, surveying, linking remote areas to urban – and, as the UKs leading provider of air navigation services, they have asked NATS to propose how it can be achieved.

In line with the Airspace Modernisation Strategy, we are developing NATS OpenAir, an integrated traffic management solution that extends the fundamental services we already provide.  We believe that NATS OpenAir can meet the needs of new airspace users through building the foundation for increased automation and the digitisation of air traffic services.

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